#BoycottEventBrite for heroic #RileyGaines and short the shares too
Check out Riley Gaines. She is a brave young lady who scrubs up well and who swam against the sort of Lady who has a penis, a "Ms" Lia Thomas. When Ms Thomas competed as a man she was nowhere but as a woman she won numerous contests. Riley and was cheated out of medals in US collegiate championships as a result. But Riley is brave and despite horrific threats, including death threats, from trans activists has launch a high profile campaign to keep women's sport fair, that is to say not for women with penises. Riley is not anti trans she just wants sport to be fair.premium content
Canadian Overseas Petroleum – yet more worthless confetti vicar
Some folks think that the main business of Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) is producing oil. No really they do, I kid you not! You and I know that its main business is issuing lorry loads of shares to dilute holders as much as possible. And thus today….- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 26 October 2023, 12:15 |
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Safestyle UK – hopefully our prior warnings were heeded as it’s now desperate sale discussions admitting doubts of “any” return to shareholders!
Previously writing on company describing itself as “the leading UK focused retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner market” Safestyle UK (SFE), earlier this month with the shares down to 3p I reviewed how confident to really be for “an alternative financing structure” being sought and concluded this still a hope-prior-warnings-here-were-heeded sell. The shares most recently closed at 1.6p and today a “Process Update”-titled announcement, and what of the shares currently down to below 0.60p?!
- By Steve Moore |
- 26 October 2023, 11:56 |
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An £11m payoff and ICO now rules Alison Rose DID breach data protection rules in the NatWest Farage scandal. Twice
As I noted at the time, there is one rule for the great and good and another for we dirty plebs. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has today ruled that former NatWest (NWG) CEO Alison Rose, not once but twice, breached data protection laws in leaking details of Nigel Farage’s bank account to the BBC reporter Simon Jack. Well there’s a shock. You don’t say. But is the ICO going to do anything about it?- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 26 October 2023, 11:44 |
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Inchcape is more interesting than I expected...BUY
I have never written about (or owned) shares in Inchcape (INCH) before. It describes itself as a “leading independent multi-brand global automotive distributor, with strong fundamentals and significant growth opportunities ahead”. It may not be an easy world out there, but distribution remains an interesting area which is clearly consolidating over time versus the norms of the last few decades. But many will have heard of the company in the UK as “one of the leading franchised retailer groups in the UK, partnering many of the world's best brands including, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volkswagen”. So, is it just a flash car dealership?- By Chris Bailey |
- 26 October 2023, 10:18 |
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Regtech Open – has the £2.063 million arrived as promised? Letter to the FCA
Regtech Open (RTOP) is in my view a plain fraud. Listed at 100p on August 25 its shares at peak ramp were 314p within weeks. They are now 11.5p. A peak market cap of £188 million is now less than £7 million and it may well be insolvent. Companies owned by Alessandro Zamboni of the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME) infamy were meant to provide loans of £2.5 million by early September but he could not dump enough stock so did not. Revised payments in 4 equal instalments totalling £2.063 million were meant to complete yesterday. Have they?- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 26 October 2023, 08:38 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: How to lose customers the TW way!
I start on the topic in the strapline then discuss: Upland Resources (UPL), Tintra (TNT) and other spoof bids. Then it is onto Caracal (GCAT) a clear zero in waiting, ASOS (ASC) and why Gary is wrong, Dev Clever and why the FCA has no balls, CAB Payments (CABP), Regtech Open (RTOP) and the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME) .- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 25 October 2023, 15:30 |
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IG Design – I having previously been cautious considering the macroeconomic and consumer environments, how’s its latest trading update?…
Previously writing on group describing itself as “one of the world's leading designers, innovators and manufacturers of gift packaging, celebrations, craft & creative play, stationery, gifting and related product categories” IG Design (IGR), in April with the shares down to 162.5p I remained cautious considering the macroeconomic and consumer environments. The shares most recently closed at 112.5p, but what of them currently up above 130p on the back of a “trading update”?
- By Steve Moore |
- 25 October 2023, 15:29 |
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CAB Payments – why quality matters and a shocking NED lying about her CV
Yesterday’s shock warning from CAB Payments (CABP) which listed only a few months ago in July leaves its shares, at 54p, languishing as the worst performing IPO of the year. But could the big banks who floated it or the fund managers who lapped up the shares have spotted any red flags? Er…yes- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 25 October 2023, 14:48 |
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ASOS has performed terribly but has some speculative potential from this level if you can accept the risks
It was once one of the big success stories amongst smaller companies, having grown the business to the level where the market cap was worth billions, but in more recent times fashion retailer ASOS (ASC) has fallen on hard times. So, what might the future hold?- By Gary Newman |
- 25 October 2023, 12:22 |
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Virgin Wines UK – full-year results emphasise expected growth ahead… but then again house broker Liberum expected it to be “a real corker” from above a 200p share price!
Online wine retailer Virgin Wines UK (VINO) has announced results for its year ended 30th June 2023 headlined “Results in line with expectations; strategic initiatives on track”. So what of the shares down more than 12% to 36p in response and from above 70p early this year?- By Steve Moore |
- 25 October 2023, 11:59 |
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Andrew Monk’s next humiliating blow-up: Caracal warns of share suspension on November 1, it should be suspended NOW
Oh dear, oh dear. Life was so much easier for Andrew Monk when he was getting a lower second in name dropping at Oriel College Oxford. Yesterday afternoon came grim news from Caracal Gold (GCAT): PKF LittleJohn will not be signing off on it annual accounts on time so the shares will be suspended on November 1. The real issue is why they are not suspended already “pending clarification.”- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 25 October 2023, 10:02 |
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I am still paying up for Reckitt’s consumer products at the supermarket…and so I still like shares in the company too
I was speaking (technically an online discussion only) with someone yesterday who was trying to argue the rationale for a high holding of (UK) banking stocks. I wished him luck with that…just as I am certain there are a bunch of people excited about their Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) position (which reported well enough earlier today not to see the shares fall back even further). I know dividend followers love the stock, but if you see a run in the share price north of 45p my advice would be to enact an aggressive stage-left exit.- By Chris Bailey |
- 25 October 2023, 09:38 |
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Cloudbreak Discovery – FY Results From Sub-Standard Corporate Shit-Show whose CEO should be in jail
Sub-Standard listed Cloudbreak Discovery (CDL) released its results for the year to 30th June 2023 this morning. The release was partial (no auditor’s report), the Annual Report is yet to appear on the company’s website and it needs cash. What is clear that this is a corporate shit-show: having been on the market for just two years it has spunked £12 million in retained losses and the stated net asset value is just £2 million – and it gets worse….- By Nigel Somerville |
- 25 October 2023, 09:28 |
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Iconic Labs – is it suspension ahoy?
Iconic Labs (ICON) yesterday announced that it was changing its auditor on 24 October 2023 as follows:- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 25 October 2023, 08:56 |
Doctor, Doctor, I Keep Wanting to Invest in this Medical Property Developer, Am I Right?
Hello Share Stakers. This senior citizen punter has tipped Primary Health Properties (PHP) before. And I’m glad I did as its latest numbers suggest that it’s on a roll. This is a company which rents out buildings suitable for doctor’s surgeries. And we all know how much demand there is for GP’s in these unhealthy days.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 25 October 2023, 08:10 |
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BREAKING: More ouzo – its all gone horribly wrong at Richard Poulden/David Lenigas/ Zak Mir promote Valereum
Oh dear, oh dear. Do you remember when the Sith Lord Zak Mir was being pushed brown envelopes to say these shares were heading to 200p while David Lenigas said they were going to 100p repeatedly on twitter? Or was it the other way round. Anyhow that pumping allowed Richard Poulden, assisted by spoofery from London’s new Lord Mayor to do a placing at 64p. I have repeatedly exposed the shenanigans and now vindication for me. Ouzo for the Sheriff no more brown envelopes for Mir.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 24 October 2023, 16:32 |
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System1 Group – emphasises positive trading momentum “continues”, but what about those prior year comparatives?…
‘Marketing decision-making’ technology and consultancy provider System1 Group (SYS1) has issued a trading update emphasising “platform revenue up 55% in Q2, 44% in H1 and all at an improved profit margin”. So what of the performance in relation to a current 190p share price?- By Steve Moore |
- 24 October 2023, 16:25 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Go F*ck yourselves again FTI Consulting, FD Technologies £46 to sub £9, ouzo for the Sheriff
I explain that I was up late struggling to put together a business plan. It's been a long time since I did that. Then I look at Nightcap (NGHT), a barrels of ouzo moment for me and more shame for the serial PR bullies at FTI Consulting as FD Technologies (FDP) warns yet again and finally at CAB Payments (CABP), the worst IPO of 2023.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 24 October 2023, 16:14 |
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OptiBiotix Health – license agreement to incorporate a branded Tata Chemicals ingredient in India, STRONG BUY - target 78p
OptiBiotix Health (OPTI) has announced a license agreement to incorporate Tata Chemicals’ proprietary short chain fructo-oligosaccharide Fossenceinto its SlimBiome and LeanBiome for the Indian market.- By Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore |
- 24 October 2023, 14:25 |